title: Mites of the subfamily Harpirhynchinae (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) from North American birds.
abstract: Three new harpirhynchid species of the subfamily Harpirhynchinae (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) are described from North American birds: Harpyrhynchoides aegolius sp. n. from Aegolius acadicus (Strigiformes: Strigidae), Harpyrhynchoides accipiter sp. n. from Accipiter striatus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae), and Neharpyrhynchus icterus sp. n. from Icterus galbula (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Three species are recorded from new hosts from North America for the first time: Harpyrhynchoides tracheatus (Fritsch, 1954) from Buteo lineatus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae), Harpyrhynchoides pectinifer (Lawrence, 1959) from Colaptes auratus (Piciformes: Picidae), and Harpyrhynchoides rubeculinus (Cerný & Sixl, 1971) from Catharus ustulatus (Passeriformes: Turdidae). Neharpyrhynchoides novoplumaris (Moss et al., 1968) previously recorded from Cardinalis cardinalis (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae) from the United States is recollected from this host.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. prostigmata@zin.ru
authors.forename: Andre V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bochkov
authors.forename: Barry M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Oconnor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D014481:United States